Legal Question in Business Law in Florida

Re: Pay check

Generally, an employer may not punish you by retroactively reducing your pay for any alleged wrongdoing on the job. Once you have worked the hours, the pay for such hours has been earned and is due and payable on the following pay period and the employer cannot unilaterally cut your wages.

The Emancipation Proclamation abolished indentured servitude many years ago and your employer appears to have forgetten that. Of course, without knowing all the facts, there's no way I can give you any strong guidance. If, for example, your employer was served with a writ of garnishment by a judgment creditor of yours, that writ was answered, and you were provided with a copy of the answer and failed to respond within the required time, then you may have waived certain rights and protections from garnishment of wages under Florida law. That's just one example of how your wages can be attached by a judgment creditor. My understanding is that wages may also be garnished or otherwise attached if you fail to pay child support. Seek the advice of counsel and good luck.